GEPHE SUMMARY Print
Gephebase Gene
Entry Status
Published
GepheID
GP00001705
Main curator
Courtier
PHENOTYPIC CHANGE
Trait Category
Trait State in Taxon A
Black-nSpots - hA allele (recessive)
Trait State in Taxon B
Black-2Spots - hC allele (dominant)
Ancestral State
Unknown
Taxonomic Status
Taxon A
Common Name
-
Synonyms
Coccinella axyridis; Harmonia axyridis (Pallas, 1773)
Rank
species
Lineage
Show more ... poda; Mandibulata; Pancrustacea; Hexapoda; Insecta; Dicondylia; Pterygota; Neoptera; Holometabola; Coleoptera; Polyphaga; Cucujiformia; Cucujoidea; Coccinellidae; Coccinellinae; Coccinellini; Harmonia
NCBI Taxonomy ID
is Taxon A an Infraspecies?
No
Taxon B
Common Name
-
Synonyms
Coccinella axyridis; Harmonia axyridis (Pallas, 1773)
Rank
species
Lineage
Show more ... poda; Mandibulata; Pancrustacea; Hexapoda; Insecta; Dicondylia; Pterygota; Neoptera; Holometabola; Coleoptera; Polyphaga; Cucujiformia; Cucujoidea; Coccinellidae; Coccinellinae; Coccinellini; Harmonia
NCBI Taxonomy ID
is Taxon B an Infraspecies?
No
GENOTYPIC CHANGE
Generic Gene Name
pnr
Synonyms
CG3978; CG3978-PA; dGATAa; dGATAa/pannier; Dmel\CG3978; GATA; GATA4; GATAa; GATAa/Pannier; l(3)89B3; Pnr; PNR; prn; GATA-A
Sequence Similarities
-
GO - Cellular Component
UniProtKB
Drosophila melanogaster
GenebankID or UniProtKB
Presumptive Null
No
Molecular Type
Aberration Type
Molecular Details of the Mutation
exact mutation(s) unknown
Experimental Evidence
Authors
Ando T; Niimi T
Abstract
Many organisms show various geometric color patterns on their bodies, and the developmental, evolutionary, genetic, and ecological bases of these patterns have been intensely studied in various organisms. Ladybird beetles display highly diverse patterns of wing (elytral) color and are one of the most attractive model organisms for studying these characteristics. In this study, we reviewed the genetic history of elytral color patterns in the Asian multicolored ladybird beetle Harmonia axyridis from the classical genetic studies led by the pupils of Thomas Hunt Morgan and Theodosius Dobzhansky to recent genomic studies that revealed that a single GATA transcription factor gene, pannier, regulates the highly diverse elytral color patterns in this species. We also reviewed and discussed the developmental and evolutionary mechanisms driven by the pannier locus in H. axyridis. In the development sections, we focused on the following two topics: (a) how the red (carotenoid) and black (melanin) pigmentation of elytra is regulated by the pannier and pigmentation genes and (b) how the diverse color patterns are formed by integrating regulatory inputs from other genes involved in wing development. In the evolution section, we subsequently focused on the highly diversified DNA sequences within the first intron of pannier that are 56-76 kb long and that were generated through recurrent multiple inversions. Furthermore, we discussed how these recurrent inversions have driven the diversification of color patterns throughout evolution.

© 2019 Japanese Society of Developmental Biologists.
RELATED GEPHE
Related Genes
No matches found.
Related Haplotypes
2
EXTERNAL LINKS
COMMENTS
@Inversion - Four alleles of pannier are associated with four distinct color patterns
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